Category Archives: Redevelopment News

Bradenton: Old buildings make way for a new bank BRADENTON – A century ago, the now-busy corner of Manatee Avenue West and 19th Street housed a beekeeping operation that was outside of city limits. Not many people lived in the area when J.J. Wilder cultivated bees at 1915 Manatee Ave. W. The house, built in…

Temple Terrace: Town center developer defaulting on agreement TEMPLE TERRACE – City leaders and a developer of a $150 million downtown district project are having trouble seeing eye-to-eye. While Vlass Temple Terrace officials suggest it may be time to pull out of the project, city leaders said this week they are still waiting for construction…

Bonita bosses pitch to create downtown Community Redevelopment Area The Lee County commission decided Monday to hold a public hearing at an upcoming regular meeting on whether to delegate authority to Bonita Springs to create a downtown Community Redevelopment Area. Bonita officials propose spending $15.6 million to spur business activity — $8.3 million for a…

MainStreet DeLand director leaving It will be a bittersweet parting for Mary Beth Harris, when she leaves her job this summer as executive director of the MainStreet DeLand Association. Harris notified the organization’s board of directors May 3 that her family would be moving to Punta Gorda, after her husband, Ty Harris, accepted a job…

Oviedo moves toward major facelift by creating new urban center By Dave Weber, Orlando Sentinel OVIEDO — Sprawling suburban neighborhoods define Oviedo today, but city officials are looking toward a new, urban image for tomorrow. A well-planned jumble of multi-story commercial and retail buildings would rise in several densely developed city centers. Except for the…

Most taxes from Bay Medical will go to CRA By ZACK McDONALD / The News Herald Published: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 22:21 PM. PANAMA CITY — Adding Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart Health System to the county’s tax roll will generate more than a million dollars in tax revenue for local governments next year.…

Affordable Housing Funding Programs – Get $120 Million from Foreclosure Settlement The House unanimously passed SB 1852 this week, spending $200 million that is part of a multistate settlement with five large banks for fraudulent foreclosure practices. The package contains spending on affordable housing programs favored by the Senate, and funding for Habitat for Humanity…

Space Florida News Read the full news articles here. On April 22, Space Florida hosted a public workshop to educate 50+ stakeholders and garner feedback from those interested in proposing projects for the organization’s Spaceport Master Plan. The plan, compiled every two to three years, provides information to guide Space Florida in its efforts to…

CRAs get creative: Improving the aesthetics of the everyday By Rachel Galvin Art is about more than just painting on a canvas, a photograph in a frame or a sculpture in a museum; it is about the beauty in our daily lives. Everything from the landscaping to the architecture around us can be considered art. The…

th!nk Technologies Group Powered by LSeven is one of a growing number of technology firms setting up shop downtown, creating a high-tech hub in Ocala’s central core. “We love it downtown,” said Matthew Villella who, along with partner Christopher Oleson, moved the company to 101 NE First Ave. five months ago. “You have a corridor,…

Tampa’s West Shore area has the largest concentration of office space in Florida — and the cold and congested environment to prove it. Nobody thinks of the area as a place to walk, bicycle or sit at a sidewalk cafe. But that could change in the years ahead under a master plan being put forward…

SEBRING – The Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency will host speaker Marjorie Ferrer, executive director for the Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority and an expert on downtown revitalization and redevelopment, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Jack R. Stroup Civic Center. As executive director for the Delray Beach DDA since 1993, Ferrer has spearheaded the revitalization…